“The war in Iraq has absolutely nothing to do with oil,” so we were told. It actually is about oil, all along. BY BILL MOYERS AND MICHAEL WINSHIP Truthout.org ALTERNATIVE READER Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 22, July 6-12, 2008 Oh no, they told us, Iraq isn’t a war about oil. That’s cynical and…
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U.S. Army in Brzezinki’s Afghan Trap
“That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Soviets into the Afghan trap … The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border, I wrote to President Carter: We now have the opportunity of giving to the Soviet Union its Vietnam war.” So said Zbigniew Brzezinski in a media…
Kiss American Security Goodbye: 15 Numbers That Add Up to an Age of Insecurity
When the history of this era is finally written, based on the Tai Chi Principle, Osama bin Laden and his scattering of followers may be credited for goading the fundamentalist leaders of the United States into using the power in their grasp so – not to put a fine point on it – stupidly and…
Kiss American Security Goodbye: 15 Numbers That Add Up to an Age of Insecurity
When the history of this era is finally written, based on the Tai Chi Principle, Osama bin Laden and his scattering of followers may be credited for goading the fundamentalist leaders of the United States into using the power in their grasp so – not to put a fine point on it – stupidly and…
‘We Are Workers, Not Criminals’
BY DAVID BACON T r u t h o u t | Perspective ALTERNATIVE READER Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 14, May 11-17, 2008 In the big immigrant marches that swept the country on May Day in 2006 and 2007, one sign said it all: “We are Workers, not Criminals!” Often it was held…
One Year Later: Nandigram and the Struggle against Forced Displacement in India
BY DAVE PUGH ALTERNATIVE READER Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 11, April 20-26, 2008 In January and March 2007, tens of thousands of peasants at Nandigram in West Bengal, India rose up to defend their land. By the time their struggle abated, the peasants had stopped the plans of the Left Front government in…
Lest We Forget: An Open Letter to My Sisters Who are Brave.
BY ALICE WALKER TheRoot.com Posted by Bulatlat ALTERNATIVE READER Vol. VIII, No. 11, April 20-26, 2008 I HAVE COME home from a long stay in Mexico to find – because of the presidential campaign, and especially because of the Obama/Clinton race for the Democratic nomination – a new country existing alongside the old. On any…
Bush: ‘I Was Aware’ of Harsh Tactics
President Bush says he knew his top national security advisors discussed and approved specific details about how high-value al Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to an exclusive interview with ABC News Friday. BY JAN CRAWFORD GREENBERG, HOWARD L. ROSENBERG AND ARIANE DE VOGUE ABC News/Truthout ALTERNATIVE READER Posted by…
The Right to Resistance
The struggle will continue as long as oppression continues. We greet these movements. Your life is also our life, your pain is also our pain, your joy is also our joy, your losses are also our losses, and your victory we will celebrate. BY PATRICK MAC MANUS Denmark ALTERNATIVE READER Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII,…
International Experts Foresee Collapse of U.S. Economy
“The end of the third quarter of 2008 (thus late September, a mere seven months from now) will be marked by a new tipping point in the unfolding of the global systemic crisis. In the United States, this new tipping point will translate into – get this – a collapse of the real economy, (the)…
O-Bummer – The Man Without a Past for a Country Without a Future
BY WILLIAM BOWLES, http://williambowles.info/ Posted by Bulatlat ALTERNATIVE READER Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008 Harlem, NYC — That both a black man and a woman are the ‘front runners’ in the ‘race’ for the presidency speaks reams about the desperate state of the Union these days, not that the up-coming US election…